Launching a business

Launching a business with a co-founder brings with it lots of positives, says Aidan Cramer, who started his recruitment company JobLab with best friend Matt Sinderberry. "They're the one person with whom you can be pessimistic, and they pick you up when you're down," he explains. "There's pressure to sound upbeat with family and staff, but with Matt, I could share my worries and we'd analyse and work through them together." Sharing the blame when things went wrong helped to reduce stress, while two heads were better than one for coming up with new ideas: "We pushed each other to take risks in a responsible way; Matt was more cautious and always checked my crazy ideas." Jane Woodhead, who founded alcoholic ice cream brand Speakeasy, with her husband, believes that co-founders help one another to maintain focus. "Having the responsibility for someone else's livelihood motivates you to make things happen when times are tough," she says. Breaking a stalemate It's not all plain … [Read more...] about The pros and cons of starting a business with a co-founder

Eight entrepreneurs look back on pivotal decisions made in their businesses, some at the right time, and plenty at the wrong time. Jason Fell and Stephanie Schomer Published 8:00 am CDT, Thursday, April 11, 2019 Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close Image 1 of 12 Here's The Right (And Wrong) Times To Launch A Business 1 / 12 Back to Gallery Eight entrepreneurs look back on pivotal decisions made in their businesses, some at the right time, and plenty at the wrong time.Copyright 2019 Entrepreneur.com Inc., All rights reservedThis article originally appeared on entrepreneur.com … [Read more...] about Here’s The Right (And Wrong) Times To Launch A Business

There are no guarantees in business, but take these steps to set yourself up for success. Adam Bornstein Published 9:00 am CDT, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Photo: Federico Gastaldi Photo: Federico Gastaldi Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: Federico Gastaldi How To Launch a Business While Minimizing Risk 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Q: Before I launch my business, how can I set myself up for success while limiting risk? -- Jack, Portland, Oreg. If you obsess about making sure your business won’t fail -- rather than figuring out how to make it succeed -- your focus will be in the wrong place. Fear doesn’t get you far in entrepreneurship, so … [Read more...] about How To Launch a Business While Minimizing Risk

Financeit's CEO speaks about how some positive press helped the company build its customer base. MaRS Discovery District Published 12:30 pm CST, Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Photo: Courtesy Of MaRS Discovery District Photo: Courtesy Of MaRS Discovery District Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: Courtesy Of MaRS Discovery District How This Founder Overcame Roadblocks When Launching a Financial Services Business Just After the Recession 1 / 1 Back to Gallery In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner MaRS DIscovery District talks with the of CEO and president of Financeit, Michael Garrity. Garity knew it would not be an easy task launching a business in … [Read more...] about How This Founder Overcame Roadblocks When Launching a Financial Services Business Just After the Recession

I was glued to the first episode of The Apprentice last week. The candidates were flown off to Malta to do the ‘find the items’ task. I was pretty surprised that this was the first task as it’s such a tough one … they were definitely thrown in at the deep end.Back in 2014, this was task nine, and by that point we were all working together so much more efficiently, so I can’t imagine how challenging it must have been trying to make a success of this task with so many people who have only just met!I always enjoy a little scroll through Twitter while the show is on to see who everyone is lining up as their front runners and who they think will be fired.It’s also very interesting to read people’s opinions on how they would have completed the task.Some would have negotiated harder, some would have split the teams differently and some would have spent more time planning.It’s very easy to judge from the outside looking in.Read more: Apprentice … [Read more...] about Katie Bulmer-Cooke: There has never been a better time to start a business